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    Re: Ball Python's Weight

    Quote Originally Posted by Caali View Post
    Thank you for the response.
    I never knew about the rule with the 10% of the body mass but he is my first ball python so I am only book-smart). In the books I read it said to feed your ball python a prey as big as the biggest part of his body an my books so I followed that rule and it seemed to work.
    But thank you for the tip.
    the 10% rule applies to younger ball pythons. once your snake reaches small rats he should be able to eat those the rest of his life.
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